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Contractor involved in fatal Hamrun house collapse had track record of construction site accidents Contractor behind the Miriam Pace building collapse in Hamrun had been involved in several construction site accidents stretching back to 2002   25 February 2021, 12:23pm by Matthew Agius The construction company involved in the death of Hamrun house collapse victim Miriam Pace had been involved in a number of other alarming incidents, a court has heard.  This emerged in court as Magistrate Joe Mifsud presided over the compilation of evidence against two architects accused of Pace’s in...

The police had had seven reports of incidents involving the same contractor who was working on a site in Sta Venera last March when an adjoining house collapsed, killing resident Miriam Pace, a court heard on Thursday. Superintendent Robert Vella, handling investigations after the tragic episode, said the reports about Ludvic Dimech or LK Ltd, took place between October 2008 and December 2019. Days after the Hamrun tragedy, the contractor was involved in a road collapse at Pender Gardens, St Julians. Obviously [Dimech] is not the only contractor who had such incidents,” Vella pointed out, f...

Minister pledges doubling of construction site inspections with new agency Scrutiny on method statements intensified, building and construction inspectors set to double, new freephone to report irregularities launched   by Matthew Agius The government has introduced a number of measures aimed at modernising the construction industry, with the country just weeks away from setting up a new authority regulating the sector. The Building and Construction Agency (BCA) will have its enforcement beefed up as the number of inspectors are expected to double by the end of the year, together with a new...